Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of May 2010?

In North America, we celebrate International Migratory Bird Day on the second Saturday of May? Find out by getting out! What will you be doing this weekend and is birding on your itinerary? Share your plans in the comments below.

I’m pleased to report that I will be birding the heck out of the Lake Erie Marsh Region, otherwise known as “The Warbler Capital of the World,” as part of the Biggest Week in American Birding. Yee-haw! Charlie and Corey, on the other hand, will not. Look for them close to their respective homes.

Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.

I’ll be trying to learn how to separate Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees at my Grandparents house in Pennsylvania (in the overlap zone). After a while I’ll probably give up in disgust, declare that they’re all hybrids, and get back to looking for warblers.

Going to the Arb in Ann Arbor for the migratory bird survey. Probably will do the survey with the stroller, baby and wife. Also need to tun up my bike for the following week end (attempt at a carbon-free big day record in the county). Sunday is mother’s day!

I’ll be enjoying the company of birds and birders alike at the Urban Bird Festival in Ramsey County, MN. In between signing copies of my Bob White Birder Murder mysteries, I plan on watching some bird banding and maybe taking in a bird walk or two.